PA’s ruling party denies Hamas’ raping and killing on October 7, instead calls Israel Nazis

Fatah Ireland Branch Secretary Jihad Ja’ara: “This fascist and Nazi occupation’s (i.e., Israel’s) failure was proven from the first day of the war… From the start of Oct. 7, this occupation attempted to tarnish the image of the Palestinian resistance and the Palestinian cause when it accused the Palestinian resistance of raping women and killing children. Afterwards, through the efforts of [PA] President [Abbas] and the embassies of the State of Palestine, they refuted this distorted picture before the world, and the world succeeded in seeing the lies of Netanyahu and his government … When the Israeli occupation turned to the international institutions and the UN to define Hamas as a terror movement, the one who opposed them was only the PLO, and President [Abbas] sent instructions to all the embassies in the world to oppose this resolution and thwart it at the UN, and praise Allah, it was thwarted. Therefore, we wish to unite the Palestinian voice in the framework of the PLO, the sole legal representative of the Palestinian people.”

[Falestinona (Fatah’s Information and Culture Commission in Lebanon), YouTube channel, Feb. 1, 2024]